Island Sanctuary
“Find sanctuary in an island paradise abundant with wildlife, where crops may be sown and minions let to roam. What will you learn in nature's embrace─and what will you create from this newfound inspiration?
Make ready to set sail, for your hideaway awaits!.— Patch 6.2 Official Website
The Island Sanctuary was announced as a new feature for Endwalker. Specific details are currently sparse, and one of the only publicly released visuals is the concept art shown to the right.
It is planned to be an instanced private island that is relaxing and free from pressures such as having to complete a task each week to remain competitive in raiding, for instance.
According to an interview[1] Yoshi-P conducted with Meoni and Shenpai, the Island Sanctuary will include activities such as raising and tending to crops and animals, build structures, invite and talk to friends, visit their islands, allow minions to roam, etc. However, Yoshi-P has cautioned players not to expect anything on the level of Animal Crossing.
Info from PLL 71[2]
- Every player will get their own island, for free (for size, see right).
- Casual solo play with gathering/crafting (no DoL/DoH experience needed), caring for animals, building “facilities”, and more.
- Materials gathered on the island are only used for content there and do not go into your regular inventory.
- Special tools can be crafted to gather resources more efficiently.
- You can collect creatures on the island and add them to your “farm”; rare and unique variations of these creatures can also be found.
- You can grow island-specific crops (Note: these are NOT the same as the crops you can grow in estate garden plots).
- You can build a base of operations and customize its appearance and functionality to some degree (Note: this does NOT sound like it incorporates full housing decoration, but we more or less knew that already).
- Minions can be placed at your base and wander around freely.
- In taking part in activities on your island, you can earn a currency redeemable for special rewards.
- Friends can be invited to your island.
- Flying with mounts can be unlocked eventually on the island (although not via aether currents).
- An orchestrion can be added to the base (although it will mainly just be audible at the base itself).
- Further details on Island Sanctuaries, including gameplay footage, will be included in PLL 72.
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/wmm3nm/summary_of_announced_updates_for_patch_62_from/
Island Sanctuary
Scheduled for release with 6.2
Completion of 6.0 MSQ will be required to unlock
Each player will get their own large island to explore and develop
Increased mount speed, reduced Sprint/Return cooldowns, and no battles on the island
Players will start the system on the island’s beach with a tutorial of its various features
Players will need to craft special tools and gather materials from the island to develop it (no crafting/gathering experience required and all island-specific materials will go into a special inventory separate from the player’s inventory)
Your island will rank up as you gather and craft things there
You will receive special scrips as you progress your island, which can be exchanged for unique rewards (including glamour items and mounts; a giant mandragora mount was shown) or additional farmland
There will be different modes to switch to while on the island based on what you want to do: gathering, capturing (used for catching special creatures on the island), crafting, planting, building, etc.
Construction of the first few structures on the island will be instantaneous, but later buildings will take up to 12 hours to finish construction
You can plant special crops on the island, and maintenance/watering of these crops can be delegated to NPCs as you rank up
You can capture creatures on the island and add them to your farm, where you can gather resources from them
You can release up to 40 minions on the island and watch them roam around
You can queue for DF content while on the island
Regular housing furnishings (indoor and outdoor) cannot be used on the island
New features will be added to Island Sanctuaries roughly every 2 major patches
Images
- Island Sanctuary Size PLL 71.png
Island size from PLL 71
